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Reflections on Generosity for Capital Campaigns

Serving Nonprofits by Chany Reon Ockert Consulting, LLC, CFRE

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Kick off your week with a 5-minute reflection on generosity to ground yourself as you go about your fund development tasks. Each reflection includes a question to ponder throughout the week to aid your work.

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81: Planting Generosity for Others

Saison 2 · Épisode 81

lundi 16 décembre 2024 • Durée 04:48

"...Therefore one should not cease from planting. Rather, just as he found, one should still continue to plant even though he is old..."

This week, I’m a story from Midrash Tanchuma Kedoshim 8:1, written sometime between 500 to 800 AD and published in 1885.

Reflection question:

How will you plant seeds for fund development programs, like legacy giving, that take longer to see the benefits?

Reflection on quote:

Recently, I have been assisting my clients with starting legacy programs; that is, encouraging long-term donors to give through their will and bequest. Some of these organizations have donor bases of older donors who have already started to think about giving a gift upon their death. Other organizations don’t have many older donors. So a question might come up, why waste precious time now to create a program without an immediate impact?

Yes, starting a legacy program may seem like a long-term endeavor with uncertain immediate rewards. However, the wisdom from this story underscores that we must begin planting the seeds of a legacy program now. By encouraging donors to consider legacy gifts, we are creating a sustainable future for ourselves. While the benefits may not be realized for years, the impact can be profound.
Yet, as this story also alludes to, there may be a more immediate blessing to donors who wish to consider their legacy in the future. By considering their long-term impact, donors can find deep satisfaction in knowing that their values and passions will live on. The act of planning a legacy can be a transformative experience. It allows donors to reflect on their lives, identify why our organization is one of their most cherished causes, and consider their lasting mark in their community. This process can bring a sense of peace and purpose, knowing that their generosity will be a testament to the power of giving in their lives.

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To explore fundraising coaching deeper and to schedule an exploratory session, visit ServingNonprofits.com.

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80: Luck of the Draw

Saison 2 · Épisode 80

lundi 9 décembre 2024 • Durée 04:02

"...In the same way, as you are unable to take care of all of your fellow people, treated as the luck of the draw when the time and circumstance brings some into closer contact with you than others."

This week, I’m reading a quote from De Doctrina Christiana by Augustine, published in 397 AD.

Reflection questions:

Is there an area of your work where you need to step back and apply this framework: accepting our limits, focusing on what we can do, and releasing that which we can’t do or whom we can’t help?

Related, what do you need to let go of and find freedom in that release?

Reflection on the quote:

Have you ever been overwhelmed by the sheer need of our work, and yet feel a bit crushed by limits we face in our work? While we often feel like our challenges are new, that we face problems no one else has ever encountered. But history, as they say, rhymes. The human condition, with all its complexities and contradictions, remains constant. The needs have overwhelmed those who care for over a thousand years.

When we feel that weight of the world on our shoulders, the overwhelming sense of need, the constant pull to do more, to be more, this quote gives us some practical wisdom. We first accept that our ability to help is constrained by our circumstances. We can’t do everything. We can’t solve every problem, heal every wound, or right every wrong. Second, we identify what we have, especially our time, resources, and capacity. Third, we prioritize that which we can do. We can cause change in our own local communities, focusing our efforts on those within our reach. Finally, there is freedom in seeing that sometimes it’s just the luck of the draw for whom we can help or for what we can do.

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79: Generosity Repairs the World

Saison 2 · Épisode 79

lundi 2 décembre 2024 • Durée 03:40

“Whoever practices charity and justice fills the world with loving kindness.”

This week, I’m reading quotes from Sukkah 49b about tzedakah.

Reflection questions:

How are we giving donors that vision of repairing the world through their gifts?
What are ways that we can practice tzedakah with donors? That is, practicing justice, peace, and loving kindness with donors instead of just receiving donations from donors?

Reflection on the quote:

This week, I’ve been reading about tzedakah, the Jewish tradition of charity. However, it’s meaning is so much broader than the traditional idea of giving a donation. Within its meaning are also the concepts of justice and righteous behavior. In the article I was reading, the author stated that it’s the way in which we repair world. In addition, instead of giving charity to someone - the emphasis on to someone, it must be done with someone. The emphasis is on with, meaning to come alongside, to journey with someone when giving a gift to them.

In our work, we accept tzedakah, that is, the generosity of others. And, through our work, we are partnering with these donors to repair the world and bring about justice and care for both the poor and the rich. In doing so, we are filling the world with lovingkindness, peace, and confidence that the arc of history bends towards justice as Martin Luther King Jr. stated.

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To explore fundraising coaching deeper and to schedule an exploratory session, visit ServingNonprofits.com.

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78: To Do Good

Saison 2 · Épisode 78

lundi 25 novembre 2024 • Durée 03:40

"...that which is a hindrance is made a furtherance to an act; and that which is an obstacle on the road helps us on this road..."

This week, I am reading a quote from Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, written around 171 AD.

Reflection questions:

Is there a response from a donor that you need to stop giving too much weight to and instead put it in its proper place, thank the donor, and continue with your good work?

Reflection on quote:

One of my clients got the letter this week. You know the letter. You’ve sent out the year end appeal. You’ve started receiving donations in the mail. You feel very good about the generosity of the donors. Then you get the letter. It's the letter telling you that you should not wasted a stamp on an appeal letter, and that the donor wants you to remove them from the mailing list. Of course you check the database and you see that they've only given once as a very small donation. Despite all of the good work you’ve done, it's amazing how this one letter affects your day.

We don't know what is going on in the donor’s life who wrote us that letter or email. Perhaps they can only give a very small donation and they do truly feel as though you are wasting a portion of their small donation. Or perhaps they got bad news and our letter just came at the exact same time. No matter the reasoning, we have a choice in how we react. Will we give it more weight than needed, ruining our day? Will we see it as a distraction? Will we make major changes in response to a minor criticism? These are all possibilities. Or, we acknowledge the wisdom from the Meditations and we can put it in its proper place, thank the donor for their concern, and continue the work of giving opportunities for donors to give.

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77: Letting the Giver See

Saison 2 · Épisode 77

lundi 18 novembre 2024 • Durée 04:32

"...When we have decided to accept, let us accept with cheerfulness, showing pleasure, and letting the giver see it, so that he or she may at once receive some return for their goodness..."

This week, I am reading a quote from On Benefits by Seneca the Younger, published in 59 AD.

Reflection Question:

What is one thing you can do this week to let your donors know that you see their gifts and they are welcome to belong to your mission?

Reflection on Quote:

Seneca describes a number of attitudes that can accompany the receiving of a gift from cheerfulness to offense to slavish humility. He points out that when we receive gifts languidly, it leaves the giver in doubt. It also tells the donor that they are not welcome to join us in the mission; that they don’t belong. And, that is painful.

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To explore fundraising coaching deeper and to schedule an exploratory session, visit ServingNonprofits.com.

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76: Accept Gifts with Cheerfulness

Saison 2 · Épisode 76

lundi 11 novembre 2024 • Durée 04:55

No matter the donor or the donor’s motivation, how are you and I receiving gifts? What is the attitude of our hearts?

Reflection on Quote:

When we look back over the last few months, what has been our attitude in accepting gifts? Seneca describes a number of attitudes that can accompany the receiving of a gift from cheerfulness to offense to slavish humility. Beyond the attitudes he describes, I would add one more. Busyness. When we do not add enough margin to our days, especially during busy fundraising seasons, we can neglect saying thank you and thus give the appearance that the donations are not needed. Or, we can instead take the time and aim to accept gifts with cheerfulness.

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To explore fundraising coaching deeper and to schedule an exploratory session, visit ServingNonprofits.com.

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75: Generosity Begins with Us

Saison 2 · Épisode 75

lundi 4 novembre 2024 • Durée 03:50

"...A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed...."

This week, I’m reading a quote from the Jewish wisdom on generosity from Proverbs 11.

Reflection questions:

As you wait for donors to respond to a campaign, have you given to the mission you serve?

How are you leading this week in your daily life with the intention of generosity in your own life?

Reflection on Quote:

A part of any campaign is the waiting. We wait for a donor to join us in that beautiful space called generosity. In that space is both the donor and us, you and I. If we are asking donors to be generous, what should we doing?

As we wait for donors to join us in that beautiful space of generosity, our hearts must be transformed by generosity as well. As a consultant, my work has been to teach nonprofits on how to encourage generosity from their donors. Several years back, I had an epiphany. I was asking others to be generous - even sacrificially generous, yet I had never stopped to reflect on my own generosity. Now, it happened to be around tax time, so I took a look at past tax returns and those itemized charitable deductions. And, honestly, I was a bit ashamed. I myself wasn’t giving freely. I was asking others to give freely, but I was unduly withholding. From that year on, I have set a goal to give freely and there has been much joy as a result.

When we give, we are also seeding generosity in our organization’s culture and into the staff around us. We are showing our colleagues that we care about their work. That is an opportunity to refresh them. It shows confidence in the hard work of the staff and volunteers. To the frontline and back-office staff, it shows that we are grateful for the daily and sometimes mundane routines of running the office that allows our mission to happen. To the program staff, it encourages them to continue into their work. When we give, we are less worried about asking. As the quote stated, one person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but ends up impoverished. When we give first, our fundraising campaigns become less about the ask and more about the opportunity for others to join in that beautiful space of generosity.This work has entered the public domain.

74: Wisdom and Rest

Saison 2 · Épisode 74

lundi 28 octobre 2024 • Durée 04:47

"...For with wisdom cometh patience, And with patience cometh rest..."

This week, I am reading the poem The Hardest Time of All, by Sarah Doudney. Written in 1896.

Reflection Questions:

Where are you waiting for some major change to occur as a result of your work? Is it time to gain more wisdom or to be more patient or to stop and rest in that area?

Will you take the time to document your hopes for change in the coming year and then schedule an email to send that reflection to yourself in a year as a way to see that those hardest times of waiting was when the change was actually occurring?

Reflection on the poem:

This week, I attended our statewide Association of Fundraising Professionals conference, just to sit in the audience and learn. A recurring theme was perseverance in small daily tasks that will yield fruit. Our work does take patience in order to see change. Whatever your faith tradition, let’s take a moment to reflect on wisdom, patience, and rest as it works itself out in faith.

With wisdom comes patience and patience comes rest. If we stop and reflect on the changes that have occurred in the last year, in those moments, those changes would have seemed minuscule filled with times of waiting. Yet, after a year of those tasks - making calls, sending emails, writing thank you notes - I am confident that you can look back and see major changes just as the poem - we must wait for the blossoms to fall in order to gather the fruit. And now, the hardest time of all - or should I say, the hardest time in the next few months is to continue to actively wait for breakthroughs and major changes. But, in wisdom, patience, perseverance, and rest, we see the real difference we are making.

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73: Generosity Builds Democracy

Saison 2 · Épisode 73

lundi 21 octobre 2024 • Durée 04:35

..."An association [nonprofit] is an educated and powerful body of citizens which cannot be twisted to any person's will or quietly trodden down,..."

This week, I’m reading selected quotes from Democracy in America by Alexis De Tocqueville, published in 1835. Note. His use of the word association is our current word for nonprofit.

Reflection questions:

Are you getting caught up how national events affect the nonprofit you serve? Will you instead reflect on ways your nonprofit is improving your community through the power of association and democracy?

How are you giving opportunities for donors to see that they are a part of that powerful body of citizens that work together to save common liberties?

Reflection on quote:

In the United States, we are in the middle of election season. As nonprofit leaders, we can wonder and even worry about the effect the election will have on the missions we serve. However, instead of getting caught up in that worry, we can look to the role of nonprofits in democracies and how generosity promotes democracy.

Let’s consider these ideas that, according de Tocqueville, nonprofits have a vital role in maintaining democracy. Nonprofits through our missions allow citizens to act together to alleviate the challenges we see in our community. Through the networks of nonprofits and citizens acting together, we bring arts and culture, preserve places for people to enjoy history, nature, and learning, help vulnerable individuals, families, children, and animals, protect the environment, and so much more. We defend and civilize our communities.

And, also according to his writing in 1835, generosity to nonprofits creates an educated and powerful body of citizens that saves common liberties. When donors give, they become more engaged in our missions and feel more responsible to see our missions succeed. A colleague often states that nonprofit work is the most pure form of democracy; that is, people coming together in consensus for the common good of our missions. When those with wealth, at any amount, choose not to keep their wealth and instead are generous, that wealth is combined with the knowledge of the common good of our missions and saves the common liberties to maintain civilization in our communities. This work has entered the public domain.

72: Generosity or Transaction

Saison 2 · Épisode 72

lundi 14 octobre 2024 • Durée 03:38

"...the potentially world-changing and life-giving power that may be present in or working through the goodness of the donors' hearts and souls; if only someone would acknowledge it, call it forth, and nurture it!"

This week, I am reading a quote from Growing Givers’ Hearts: Treating Fundraising as Ministry by Thomas Jeavons and Rebekah Burch Basinger. 2000 edition.

Reflection questions:

Where are there areas that we are failing to recognize the world-changing and life-giving power that resides the donors’ hearts and souls?

How are you giving space for donors to share their desire to be world changing and life giving?

Reflection on quote:

As we prepare for year-end giving or any fundraising campaign, how we message matters. Are we selling a transaction or inviting generosity?

This quote reminds me of a conservation nonprofit client and their experience with a donation. The donor planned to give appreciated stock for their donation. When the donor was told how to avoid capital gains tax, they refused and instead insisted on selling the stocks, paying the capital gains tax, and donating the proceeds. This donor cared more about the world-changing and life-giving power that was present in or working through the goodness of his heart and soul than the tax break. When we consider our fundraising messages in our fundraising materials, we should avoid focusing on the tax deductions and other transactional benefits and instead we invite and nurture the generosity of donors who want to be a part of our missions.

To purchase this book: Growing Givers’ Hearts: Treating Fundraising as Ministry by Thomas Jeavons and Rebekah Burch Basinger .

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